文摘
From the metallurgical point of view, the recycling of scrap under a molten flux is a complex topic. Apart from the simple solid-liquid phase transformation of the input materials, there are physical and chemical reactions of the feedstock with the salt slag and the furnace atmosphere. In the industrial process, there are many non-controllable factors, and the technical effort to evaluate relevant variables, for example the oxidation of the metal during the process, is very high. Due to these reasons, the most common way to study the ongoing mechanism during the melting process are lab-scale experiments to investigate the influence of the different parameters on the process. In addition to a theoretical approach of the effects of some parameters which are easy to control in reality like the amount of KCl in the flux and the salt amount, the aim of this work is to present melting results under production-related conditions (rotary drum furnace with a capacity up to 160?kg) for these variables. The investigations are concentrated on the quantification of the recovery parameters of the metal as well as on the definition of optimal settings for the industrial recycling process.